Slavery
Elections
Misc.
Before the Civil War
States
100
What year did the government decided on the rules of slavery in America?
1808
100
What college was Lincoln’s speech at in 1859?
Cooper Union College
100
What was the agreement at the Constitutional Convention that gave same representation for all the states in the Senate?
The Connecticut Compromise
100
What is an abolitionist?
A person against slavery that would like to get rid of it or abolish it.
100
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty to one’s state or region.
200
In the south, how much of a person did they count a slave as?
Three-fifths (3/5)
200
What were the Republican party’s main belief?
They were against slavery.
200
What are the names of the girls who made this jeopardy?
Shelby Deegan, Talia Miller, Josie Binkley, and Grace Goldman (STJG)
200
Who was Nat Turner and why did he revolt?
He was an African-American slave who claimed of a revolt that he led.
200
What parts of the United States were gained from the Mexican War?
Parts of the Southwestern U.S.
300
Congressman David Wilmot tried to pass a bill forbidding slavery from all the new land from Mexico, was this bill passed?
No
300
What was it called when the free people of a state vote on an issue?
Popular sovereignty
300
What are the colors of the rainbow?
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet (ROY G BIV)
300
What was the invention in 1793 that caused slavery to increase?
Cotton gin
300
What state in 1819 declared that they would apply for statehood?
Missouri
400
What was the Court Case that freed some slaves in the North?
Dred Scott vs. Sandiford
400
What did Lincoln gain when he lost against Senator Stephan Douglas?
He gained attention for the way he debated all over the state.
400
What was the law that Congress voted on in 1808 to ban importing what?
Importation of slaves
400
What was the small “Pre-war” before the Civil War?
Bleeding Kansas
400
What started Nullification?
Nuffication started when a tax or tariff was passed South Carolina choose to ignore/nullify it.
500
What were the actions that Harriet Beecher Stowe did that helped start the Civil War?
She published a series a of articles that explained what went on in the south with plantation owners and slaves.
500
What percentage of the votes did Lincoln get in the election of 1860?
39%
500
In what war did John Brown first gained attention when he led small groups of volunteers?
Bleeding Kansas
500
What were the causes of the severe economic recession that happened in 1857?
The sinking of the U.S.S., and Central America filled with gold from the California gold fields.
500
In 1848 to 1850 what were the two major events that occurred in California?
California became a state and the Gold Rush brought people to California.
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